0 present participle of coast --
1 to move forward in a vehicle without using the engine, usually down a hill: --
It does not matter whether they are ordinary coasting vessels or ancillary vessels.
It cuts both ways, but ships pass up and down other countries coasts in the coasting trade.
I was asked a question as to the total coasting trade.
I am well aware of the problems of the coasting industry.
Flowers may also be carried by coasting vessels where space is available, but the quantity carried is small.
It is therefore not feasible to deal with coasting trade exclusively as a national entity.
Apart from coasting vessels, of which the standard types have not been finally settled, there are ten approved types of standard ships.
Another question is that relating to deck-loads of timber on coasting steamers, with all the dangers attendant upon that practice.
